Detailed Description
In order to make the technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more apparent, the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the present application is provided in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present application and not exhaustive of all embodiments. It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present application and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other.
Fig. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of a continuous sleeper-changing operation train of the application, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a sleeper carrier vehicle in the continuous sleeper-changing operation train of the application, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a ballast handling vehicle in the continuous sleeper-changing operation train of the application, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a sleeper-changing operation vehicle in the continuous sleeper-changing operation train of the application, fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a power vehicle in the continuous sleeper-changing operation train of the application, fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a rail lifting device in the continuous sleeper-changing operation train of the embodiment of the application, and fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a sleeper-gathering device in the continuous sleeper-changing operation train of the embodiment of the application. As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the present embodiment provides a continuous sleeper replacement operation train and an operation method for removing old sleepers and installing new sleepers in a railway.
The continuous sleeper changing operation train is used for continuously changing sleeper of a railway, the extending direction along the track is set to be longitudinal, the extending direction perpendicular to the track is set to be transverse, the traveling direction of the train is set to be the front, the railway ballast handling vehicle B and the sleeper changing operation vehicle C are connected, the railway ballast handling vehicle B is provided with a railway ballast handling device, the railway ballast handling device is used for excavating railway ballasts on two sides, transferring railway ballasts between sleepers to two sides of the track, backfilling the railway ballasts to the inner side of the track after the sleeper changing operation vehicle finishes sleeper changing, and the sleeper changing operation vehicle C is used for recycling old sleepers and laying new sleepers.
The ballast processing device comprises a side slope excavating device 11 and an inter-sleeper ballast processing device 10, wherein the inter-sleeper ballast processing device 10 is connected below a ballast processing vehicle B and is used for scraping ballasts among sleepers to two sides of a track, and the side slope excavating device 11 is used for excavating the ballasts on the two sides of the track, conveying the ballasts to a ballast conveying platform 13 and conveying the ballasts to a backfilling position through the ballast conveying platform 13.
As an embodiment of the application, the ballast processing device further comprises a ballast conveying platform 13, wherein the ballast conveying platform 13 is arranged above the ballast processing vehicle B, one end of the ballast conveying platform 13 is connected with the slope excavating device 11, the ballast excavated and conveyed by the slope excavating device 11 is received, and the other end of the ballast conveying platform extends to a ballast backfilling position of the sleeper changing operation vehicle C.
In the implementation, the slope excavating device 11 is symmetrically arranged at two sides of the railway ballast treatment vehicle B and is respectively arranged at two sides of the operation train relative to the axis of the advancing direction, the slope excavating device 11 is provided with a rotating point, and the switching of a working position and a high-speed running position is completed through angle adjustment. The side slope excavating device 11 for excavating railway side railway ballast can be constructed by various devices, such as a bucket, and the railway ballast can be excavated by adopting the existing devices in the field, the excavated railway ballast can be conveyed to the end part of the railway ballast conveying platform 13 by a screw conveyer, and as a specific embodiment, the railway ballast conveying platform 13 is a conveying belt.
As one embodiment of the application, the railway ballast on both sides of the track is excavated by the slope excavating device 11 and transported to the railway ballast conveying platform 13 at the upper end, and then the railway ballast conveying platform 13 is backfilled to the inner side of the track. The tail end of the ballast conveying platform 13 can be provided with a ballast storage device for controlling the backfilling speed of the ballast.
In practice, the ballast processing device 10 transfers ballast on the inner side of the ballast track between sleepers to the outer side of the track so as to fill up the side slope ballast. The ballast treatment apparatus 10 performs stepping operation when the whole vehicle continuously moves forward, that is, the ballast is stationary during transferring, and the ballast is transferred and then moved to the next working position, so that the ballast treatment apparatus 10 is movably connected with the vehicle frame. In the concrete implementation, various structures can realize the shifting of railway ballasts among the sleepers to two sides of the track, for example, a movable frame is connected with a ballast shifting plate, the ballast shifting plate is driven by a hydraulic cylinder to shift railway ballasts among the sleepers to two sides of the track along the frame guide, a small-sized bucket is connected through a multi-joint mechanical arm, the railway ballasts among the sleepers are excavated by the small-sized bucket under the driving of power, the railway ballasts among the sleepers are shifted to two sides of the track through the multi-joint mechanical arm, and the railway ballasts among the sleepers are directly excavated to the outer side of the track through a cutter plate excavating device.
As one embodiment of the application, the continuous sleeper replacement operation train further comprises a sleeper transport vehicle A and a power vehicle D, wherein the sleeper transport vehicle A is used for storing and transporting new sleepers and old sleepers, and the power vehicle D is used for providing power for the operation train.
In implementation, the new sleeper 1 is directly transported to the site through the sleeper transport vehicle A, the old sleeper 4 is driven away from the site through the sleeper transport vehicle, so that the time for arranging the new sleeper 1 on two sides of a track in advance and the time for picking up and transporting the old sleeper 4 are saved, the replacement of the sleeper under the condition of not sawing the track can be realized, the integrated continuous operation of disassembling the fastener, replacing the sleeper, installing the fastener and transporting the sleeper under one skylight point is realized, and a large amount of construction time is saved.
As one embodiment of the application, the sleeper transport vehicle a, the railway ballast processing vehicle B, the sleeper changing operation vehicle C and the power vehicle D are sequentially arranged and connected backwards along the travelling direction.
As shown in fig. 2, as one embodiment of the application, the sleeper carrier vehicle A comprises a plurality of flat vehicles 2 and a gantry crane 3, wherein the flat vehicles 2 are sequentially connected back and forth and are used for bearing new sleepers 1 and old sleepers 4, sliding tracks are arranged on the flat vehicles 2, a rail passing device is arranged between the flat vehicles 2 and is used for connecting sliding tracks on two adjacent flat vehicles 2, the gantry crane 3 walks along the sliding tracks and the rail passing device between the flat vehicles 2, the movable range is large, a sleeper clamping device is arranged on the gantry crane 3, the sleeper device can move up and down to clamp the sleepers, and the storage and the transportation of the new sleepers 1 and the old sleepers 4 are realized through the sleeper carrier vehicle A.
In practice, the rail sleeper clamping mode can be realized in the prior art, the clamping device can also be in various modes, such as a clamp and a manipulator, as an implementation mode, the gantry crane 3 can be further provided with a vertical driving device, the vertical driving device controls the rail sleeper clamping device to move up and down to clamp the rail sleeper, and the vertical driving device can be a driving oil cylinder or a driving motor, or can be other structures capable of driving the rail sleeper clamping device to move up and down. In order to prevent the gantry crane 3 from being washed out in an out-of-control way, the forefront end of the sleeper transport vehicle A is provided with a buffer stop.
As an embodiment, the sliding track on each flat car 2 and the track passing device between the flat cars 2 enable the gantry crane 3 to walk between the flat cars 2, and the gantry crane 3 is provided with a power system, so that the gantry crane 3 can move and walk on a large scale on the flat cars 2.
Through the embodiment of the application, the new sleeper 1 is directly transported to the site through the sleeper transport vehicle A, and the old sleeper 4 is driven off the site through the sleeper transport vehicle A, so that the time for arranging the new sleeper 1 on two sides of the track in advance and the time for picking up and transporting the old sleeper 4 are saved.
The sleeper conveying platform is arranged above the working train in parallel and extends along the travelling direction, is arranged among the sleeper changing working vehicle C, the railway ballast processing vehicle B and the sleeper conveying vehicle A and is used for conveying detached old sleepers 4 to the sleeper conveying vehicle A and conveying new sleepers 1 conveyed by the sleeper conveying vehicle A to the target placement position of the new sleepers 1.
As shown in fig. 2-3, as one embodiment, the tie conveyor platforms include an old tie conveyor platform 6, an old tie swivel arrangement 7, a new tie conveyor platform 5, and a new tie swivel arrangement 9. The old sleeper conveying platforms 6 are sequentially connected and arranged in a plurality, extend from the sleeper changing operation vehicle C to the sleeper conveying vehicle A to convey the old sleeper 4 forwards along the travelling direction, an old sleeper rotating device 7 is arranged between the old sleeper conveying platforms 6 and is positioned above the ballast processing device and used for conveying the old sleeper 4 on the old sleeper conveying platforms after rotating by 90 degrees, the length direction of the old sleeper 4 before rotating is perpendicular to the travelling direction, the length direction of the old sleeper 4 after rotating is parallel to the travelling direction, the new sleeper conveying platforms 5 are sequentially connected and arranged in a plurality and extend from the sleeper changing operation vehicle to the sleeper conveying vehicle A, a new sleeper rotating device 9 is arranged between the new sleeper conveying platforms 5 and is positioned on the ballast processing device, the new sleeper rotating device 9 is used for conveying the new sleeper 1 backwards along the travelling direction, the length direction of the new sleeper 1 before rotating is perpendicular to the travelling direction, and the length direction of the new sleeper 1 after rotating is parallel to the travelling direction. The transport of new sleeper 1 and old sleeper 4 can also be replaced by sleeper transport vehicles with sleeper transfer devices.
As a specific embodiment, the new pillow conveying platform 5 and the old pillow conveying platform 6 can be conveyed by a conveying belt or a chain wheel.
In practice, the old pillow rotating device 7 and the new pillow rotating device 9 for realizing the rotating function can have various structures and forms, for example, a clamp or a manipulator for clamping the sleeper is arranged on one rotating base, a conveying belt and a conveying motor can be arranged on the rotating base, the conveying belt is driven by the conveying motor to realize the conveying of the sleeper, and the rotating base is driven by a driving mechanism to rotate so as to realize the change of the direction.
The sleeper collecting device 17 is used for collecting a plurality of old sleepers 4 into an old sleeper group, and the sleeper collecting device 17 is used for collecting the plurality of old sleepers 4 into the old sleeper group, so that the old sleeper picking device can pick up the sleepers conveniently, the working time is saved, and the working efficiency is improved.
The old pillow picking device is arranged at the bottom of the pillow changing operation vehicle C and comprises a first old pillow picking device 19 and a second old pillow picking device 20, wherein the first old pillow picking device 19 is used for clamping the well-gathered old pillow group of the sleeper gathering device 17, rotating the old pillow group by 90 degrees and then placing the old pillow group on the transferring platform 18, and then the second old pillow picking device 20 transfers the old pillow group on the transferring platform 18 to the old pillow conveying platform 6. The old sleeper conveying platform 6 is then conveyed to the sleeper conveying vehicle A, the sleeper direction on the conveying platform 18 is longitudinal, and the sleeper direction at the front end of the old sleeper conveying platform 6 is transverse for facilitating clamping of the gantry crane 3, so that the old sleeper conveying platform 6 is provided with the old sleeper rotating device 7.
It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present invention, the old pillow picking device is divided into two devices to increase the working efficiency, and the old pillow picking can be implemented by one device.
As a concrete embodiment of the application, a sleeper gathering device 17 of the sleeper changing operation vehicle C is positioned in front of a first old sleeper pickup device 19 to gather a plurality of old sleepers 4 into an old sleeper group, the sleeper gathering device 17 can adopt a structure shown in fig. 7 and comprises a fixed rod 1703, a sleeper deflector 1701 and a sleeper poking cylinder 1702, the fixed rod 1703, the sleeper deflector 1701 and the sleeper poking cylinder 1702 form a triangular structure, the fixed rod 1703 is rotationally connected with the sleeper deflector 1701, a base of the sleeper poking cylinder 1702 is rotationally connected with the fixed rod 1703, a piston rod of the sleeper poking cylinder 1702 is rotationally connected with the end part of the sleeper deflector 1701, the sleeper poking cylinder 1702 is contracted to lift the sleeper deflector 1701, the sleeper poking cylinder 1702 extends to drop the sleeper deflector 1701, the sleeper gathering device 17 is movably connected with a frame of the sleeper changing operation vehicle C, and the sleeper gathering device 17 can longitudinally move along the sleeper changing operation vehicle C to achieve gathering of the detached old sleepers 4.
It should be noted that the sleeper closing device 1 may also be implemented by using a sleeper closing structure with a higher degree of automation.
In the embodiment of the application, an old sleeper pickup device is connected with a frame of a sleeper changing operation vehicle C, the bottom of the sleeper changing operation vehicle C can move relative to the sleeper changing operation vehicle C and is used for clamping and rotating a gathered old sleeper group, and in the implementation, after a track is lifted by a track lifting device 16, the old sleeper group is taken out by a first old sleeper pickup device 19 and is rotated by 90 degrees and then placed on a transfer platform 18, and an old sleeper group on the transfer platform 18 is rotated by a second old sleeper pickup device 20 and then transferred to an old sleeper conveying platform 6 and is transferred to a sleeper conveying vehicle A by the old sleeper conveying platform 6;
As an embodiment of the application, a new pillow laying device is also arranged on the pillow changing operation vehicle C. In practice, the new sleeper placing device is adjacent to the end part of the new sleeper conveying platform 5 and is used for clamping the new sleeper 1 conveyed by the new sleeper conveying platform 5 and placing the new sleeper 1 at a target placing position after rotating by 90 degrees, the new sleeper group at the end part of the new sleeper conveying platform 5 is clamped and placed on a track bed by the new sleeper first placing device 21, and the new sleeper group is rotated by 90 degrees by the new sleeper second placing device 22 to adjust the inter-sleeper distance and place the new sleeper group at a proper position. Specifically, in order to enable the sleeper to smoothly fall into the inside of the track, the sleeper at the tail end of the new sleeper conveying platform 5 is longitudinal, and the sleeper at the front end of the new sleeper conveying platform 5 is transverse, so that a new sleeper rotating device 9 is arranged on the new sleeper conveying platform 5.
It should be noted that in the embodiment of the present invention, the new pillow placement device is divided into two devices, so as to accelerate the working efficiency, and the new pillow placement can also be implemented by one device.
And after the adjustment of the transverse and longitudinal positions of the new sleeper is completed, backfilling the ballast among the sleepers. The railway ballast is directly backfilled to the inner side of the track through the railway ballast conveying platform 13.
As an embodiment of the application, the ballast processing vehicle B is further provided with a fastener disassembling and collecting device, the fastener disassembling and collecting device is used for disassembling, collecting and storing the fasteners on the old sleeper, the fastener disassembling and collecting device on the ballast processing vehicle B comprises a fastener disassembling device 12 and a fastener collecting device 14, the fastener disassembling device 12 is connected below the ballast processing vehicle B, a plurality of sleeper fasteners can be disassembled at one time and then placed on two sides of a track, the fastener disassembling device 12 can be movably connected to a frame of the ballast processing vehicle B, and the fastener disassembling device 12 can be realized by various structures, for example, not only an internal combustion wrench or an electric wrench can be adopted, but also the fastener on the sleeper can be disassembled by adopting the fastener disassembling device disclosed by the prior art. The fastener collecting apparatus 14 is provided with a magnetic apparatus for collecting the detached fasteners and a storage apparatus for storing the detached fasteners, that is, the fastener removing apparatus 12 places the detached fasteners on both sides of the rail and then the magnetic apparatus collects the detached fasteners and stores them in the storage apparatus.
It should be noted that, the fastener removing device 12 and the fastener collecting device 14 may be fully automated to remove fasteners and collect fasteners, or may be manually or by a small machine.
As an embodiment of the application, the ballast treatment vehicle B may include a ballast treatment vehicle and a fastener treatment vehicle, the ballast treatment device being disposed on the ballast treatment vehicle, and the fastener removal and collection device being disposed on the fastener treatment vehicle. The ballast processing device and the fastener disassembly and collection device can be reasonably arranged on the ballast processing vehicle B according to the operation.
It is worth to say that the application realizes the replacement of multiple pillows at one time through the embodiment, and the construction efficiency is high.
As an embodiment of the application, a first measuring device 8 and a lifting mechanism are also arranged below the railway ballast processing vehicle B, the lifting mechanism is used for controlling the lifting of the measuring device, and the first measuring device 8 is used for measuring the parameters of the railway. The lifting mechanism may use a cylinder or an oil cylinder to control the lifting of the first measuring device 8.
In practice, the first measuring device 8 can be used for contact measurement, for example, a measuring wheel is arranged on a lifting frame, a lifting mechanism is used for controlling the lifting of the lifting frame, specifically, the first measuring device 8 slowly falls down after being unlocked until the measuring wheel is in contact with a track, the measuring wheel measures the track parameters so as to be convenient for restoring the original state of the track, and after the operation is completed, the first measuring device 8 is lifted upwards to be away from the track surface and locked so as to be convenient for running at a high speed after the operation. But also by means of sensors.
As an embodiment of the application, a track shifting device 24 is also arranged below the sleeper replacement operation vehicle C, and after the railway ballast is backfilled, the track is copied by shifting the measured parameters of the steel rail back into the track bearing groove through the track shifting device 24.
As shown in fig. 4 to 7, as an embodiment of the present application, the sleeper-changing operation vehicle C is provided with a rail lifting device 16, and specifically, the sleeper-changing operation vehicle C is provided with a plurality of rail lifting devices 16, which are symmetrically distributed in a rail lifting area. The track lifting device 16 lifts the height of the sleeper-changing section track so that the bottom surface of the track is higher than the spikes, facilitating the removal and recovery of the old sleeper and the deployment of the new sleeper.
In practice, various structures of the track lifting device 16 can be realized, as shown in fig. 6, the working principle of the track lifting device 16 of the present application is described in a simple structural form, the track lifting device 16 includes a lifting rod 1601, the lifting mode of the lifting rod 1601 adopts an electric or oil cylinder driving mode, the upper end of the lifting rod is connected to the sleeper-changing operation vehicle C, a plurality of clamping jaws or sucking discs 1602 are arranged at the lower end of the lifting rod to clamp or suck the track, and the lifting rod 1601 drives the lifting rod to lift the track. The mounting of the track lifting device 16 allows for the replacement of the sleeper without sawing the track.
The bottom of the power vehicle D is provided with a fastener installation device 25 and a slope shaping device 26 in sequence along the travelling direction of the operation train, the fastener installation device 25 is used for completing the installation and fastening work of the fastener after the track falls to the sleeper, and the slope shaping device 26 is used for shaping railway ballast of the track. The fastener installation device 25 may be implemented by using a device for installing fasteners with high automation degree, or by using a manual small adding machine.
In the implementation, the power vehicle D is also provided with a power area and a power system 23, and the power area and the power system 23 are used for providing power for shaping and installing fasteners and the whole vehicle.
As an embodiment of the application, the second measuring device 15 is installed at the front and rear ends of the lower part of the power vehicle D, the second measuring device 15 at the front end of the power vehicle D measures the track parameters after the track is pulled, and the third measuring device 27 at the rear end of the power vehicle D measures the track parameters after the operation is completed.
The following describes the operation method of the continuous sleeper-changing operation train described in the above embodiment with reference to a specific operation procedure, including the following steps:
The method comprises the steps that firstly, a railway ballast processing device in a railway ballast processing vehicle B excavates railway ballasts on two sides of a track and transmits the railway ballasts to a railway ballast conveying platform, and railway ballasts among sleepers are transferred to two sides of the track;
step two, a rail lifting device 16 in the sleeper changing operation vehicle C lifts the steel rail away from the sleeper surface and is higher than the spike;
step three, the sleeper changing operation vehicle C rotates to collect the old sleeper 4 and transmits the old sleeper 4 to the sleeper transport vehicle;
Step four, the sleeper replacement operation vehicle rotationally places the new sleeper 1 at a target placing position;
And fifthly, backfilling the railway ballast to the inner side of the track by the railway ballast treatment device.
As a specific embodiment of the application, before the step one, namely before the ballast handling apparatus in the ballast handling vehicle digs and collects the ballasts on both sides of the old sleeper, the step is also provided that the first measuring apparatus 8 below the ballast handling vehicle is unlocked, the lifting mechanism lowers the first measuring apparatus 8 into contact with the track surface, the first measuring apparatus 8 measures and records the track parameters, and after the step is completed, the lifting apparatus 16 lifts the first measuring apparatus 8 upwards away from the track surface, and the first measuring apparatus 8 is locked.
As a specific embodiment of the application, step one, a ballast processing device in a ballast processing vehicle B excavates ballasts on both sides of a track and transmits the ballasts to a ballast conveying platform, and the ballasts between sleepers are transferred to both sides of the track, and the method specifically comprises the following steps:
(1) The side slope excavating device 11 transmits railway ballasts on two sides of the old sleeper 4 to the railway ballast conveying platform 13;
(2) The ballast raking device 10 rakes the ballast between the old sleepers 4 to both sides of the track.
In the implementation, the ballast adopts a slope excavating device 11 to excavate the slope and an inter-sleeper ballast raking device 10 to perform inter-sleeper ballast raking treatment, and sleeper ballast is not treated;
As a specific embodiment of the present application, before the second step, that is, before the rail lifting device 16 in the sleeper replacement vehicle C lifts the rail off the sleeper surface above the spike, the following steps are further provided:
(1) The fastener removing means 12 removes fasteners of the plurality of old sleepers 4;
(2) The fastener collecting apparatus 14 collects the detached fasteners by using a magnetic means and stores them in a storage device.
As a specific embodiment of the present application, step three, the sleeper replacement operation vehicle C collects old sleepers 4 and transmits them to the sleeper transport vehicle a, specifically includes the following steps:
(1) The sleeper gathering device 17 gathers the old sleepers 4 to form an old sleeper group, and in practice, the old sleepers 4 may be gathered to form a group, for example, three sleepers or four sleepers may be gathered to form a group.
(3) The old pillow first picking device 19 clamps the old pillow group and rotates the old pillow group by 90 degrees and then places the old pillow group on the transfer platform 18;
(4) The old pillow second picking device 20 clamps the old pillow group from the transferring platform 18 and then places the old pillow group on the upper old pillow conveying platform 6;
(5) The old sleeper conveying platform 6 transfers the old sleeper groups to the sleeper conveying vehicle a.
As a specific embodiment of the present application, step four, the sleeper changing operation vehicle C places a new sleeper at a new sleeper target placement position, specifically including the steps of:
(1) The new sleeper first distributing device 21 clamps a new sleeper group conveyed by the new sleeper conveying platform 5 and is arranged on the track bed;
(2) The new sleeper second laying device 22 rotates the new sleeper group by 90 degrees to adjust the sleeper spacing and then places the new sleeper group at the target position.
The method comprises the step five of backfilling the railway ballast to the inner side of the track by the railway ballast processing device, and particularly conveying the railway ballast to the inner side of the track by a railway ballast conveying belt 13 of the railway ballast processing device.
As an embodiment of the application, in order to complete the installation of the fastener and the shaping of the railway ballast at two sides of the track, the operation method of the continuous sleeper-changing operation train further comprises the following steps:
step six, installing a fastener after the track falls to the sleeper by the fastener installation device 25 at the bottom of the power vehicle D;
And step seven, the side slope shaping device 26 at the bottom of the power vehicle D shapes the railway side slope ballasts.
The continuous sleeper replacement operation train and the operation method provided by the embodiment of the application can realize the replacement of multiple sleepers at one time under the condition of not sawing the track, realize the integrated continuous operation of the disassembly of the fastener, the replacement of the sleeper, the installation of the fastener and the transportation of the sleeper under one skylight point, and greatly reduce the subsequent construction cost and the construction time because the continuous sleeper replacement operation train and the operation method can not cut the track any more for sleeper replacement.
In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element in question must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present application, the meaning of "plurality" means at least two, for example, two, three, etc., unless specifically defined otherwise.
In the present application, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed, mechanically connected, electrically connected, or in communication with each other, directly connected, indirectly connected via an intervening medium, or in communication between two elements or in an interactive relationship between the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
While preferred embodiments of the present application have been described, additional variations and modifications in those embodiments may occur to those skilled in the art once they learn of the basic inventive concepts. It is therefore intended that the following claims be interpreted as including the preferred embodiments and all such alterations and modifications as fall within the scope of the application.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the present application without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, it is intended that the present application also include such modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.